It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
JORDAN PETERSONEvery bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
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Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.
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Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
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You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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